# bathing

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈbeɪˌðɪŋ(ɡ)/ · frequency rank #11,506

## Definitions
1. The act of taking a bath.
2. The act of swimming.

## Etymology
From Middle English bathynge; equivalent to bathe + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **biting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bathing-vs-biting)
- **beating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bathing-vs-beating)
- **betting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bathing-vs-betting)
- **batting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bathing-vs-batting)
- **boating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bathing-vs-boating)
- **bawling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bathing-vs-bawling)
- **butting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bathing-vs-butting)
- **bushing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bathing-vs-bushing)
- **battling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bathing-vs-battling)
- **bitching** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bathing-vs-bitching)
- **birthing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bathing-vs-birthing)
- **breathing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bathing-vs-breathing)
- **baking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baking-vs-bathing)
- **basing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basing-vs-bathing)
- **baring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baring-vs-bathing)
- **banking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/banking-vs-bathing)
- **backing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/backing-vs-bathing)
- **banning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/banning-vs-bathing)
- **banging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/banging-vs-bathing)
- **barking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barking-vs-bathing)

## Common misspellings (11)
`abthing`, `bahting`, `bathhing`, `bathign`, `bathingg`, `bathinng`, `bathnig`, `batihng`, `batthing`, `bbathing`, `btahing`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/bathing